evil-laden

Updated: June 14, 2025

I find a sweetness in the aching dreariness of Sabbath afternoons in genteel suburbs in the evil-laden desolateness of waste places by the river, when the yellow fog is stealing inland across the ooze and mud, and the black tide gurgles softly round worm-eaten piles.

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